Aluminium fluoride is added to the electrolysis mixture during the industrial extraction of aluminium. Aluminium fluoride is an ionic compound.
The formula of aluminium fluoride is AlF3\text{AlF}_3AlF3.
Give the total number of ions represented in the formula AlF3\text{AlF}_3AlF3.
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